Amazon Tech Talk; Wed Feb 22 6:00pm – 7:30pm; EE125
Come hear David Berge, Quality Assurance Manager with Kindle, talk about what it’s like to work at one of most innovative, fastest growing, tech companies.
Zillow Tech Talk; Thu Feb 23 6:00pm – 7:30pm; EE125
Zillow is a home and real estate marketplace dedicated to helping homeowners, buyers, sellers, renters, real estate agents, mortgage professionals, landlords and property managers find and share vital information about homes, real estate and mortgages. We are transforming the way consumers make home-related decisions and connect with real estate professionals.
Smoothie Day (Sponsored by Living Social); Fri Feb 24 4:30pm – 5:30pm; Atrium
Come hang out and grab some free smoothies with your friends this Friday!
February 20, 2012
https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/org/meetings/2012SeattleHackfest
—-Original Message—–
From: Jacob Appelbaum
Sent: Friday, February 17, 2012 10:26 AM
Hey hey,
Recent events in Iran have piqued the interest of many about national censorship and the impact it has on everyday people. Kazakhstan is starting to aggressively filter connections. Many mobile carriers are blocking access to perfectly reasonable websites simply because they are able to do so.
Do these topics interest you? Are you interested in security, privacy, circumvention of censorship, or anonymity?
A bunch of computer scientists, researchers and hackers are getting together to discuss Tor and related projects in the CSE building for most of next week.
Here’s an idea of the topics we’ll be discussing:
https://blog.torproject.org/blog/tale-new-censors-vodafone-uk-t-mobile-uk-o2-uk-and-t-mobile-usa
https://blog.torproject.org/blog/iran-partially-blocks-encrypted-network-traffic
https://blog.torproject.org/blog/kazakhstan-upgrades-censorship-deep-packet-inspection
https://blog.torproject.org/blog/obfsproxy-next-step-censorship-arms-race
======================= Schedule ==============================
Wednesday:
CSE – Paul Allen building room 303 until 3pm, then over to room 503 until we leave for the day.
Thursday:
CSE – Paul Allen building room 305 until we leave for the day.
Friday may also hold an additional meeting if there is demand.
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Here’s the web page for the schedule with additional information. It is likely to be updated frequently over the next few days:
https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/org/meetings/2012SeattleHackfest
All the best,
Jacob
February 17, 2012
eBay Tech Talk; Mon 6pm – 7pm; EEB 125
Please join us for a tech talk, where Prasad Sriram, a Senior Software Engineer will discuss the Search Infrastructure at eBay which currently serves more than 250 million queries a day over an index of more than 200 million items. He will also explain how the current ‘Title’ based search architecture is evolving to a much more scalable one that indexes and uses both Title and Description data by default for recall and ranking. He will cover the various challenges and the interesting problems involved in building such a large-scale, low latency, distributed real-time search technology. He will also demonstrate how the Search Engine is enabling some of the key features of the site like Relevance based Ranking, Search Results Blending, Image Search and Recommendations.
Expedia Tech Talk; Wed 6pm – 730pm; EEB125
Join us for a deep dive with Aman Bhutani into the Technology driving our largest brand – Expedia Worldwide. Aman Bhutani leads the engineering team for the Expedia brand. The brand technology team focuses on the web tier of our global platform and services that offer differentiation from other brands. The Expedia technology team is at the heart of the brand’s product based growth strategy and have team members in many cities across the planet. Aman joined Expedia in 2010 after many years in financial services and consulting.
Salesforce.com Info Session; Thu 6pm – 730pm; EEB125
Salesforce.com is the global leader in Enterprise Cloud Computing and the fourth fastest growing tech company in the world. We’re one of Fortune’s 2011 “100 Best Companies to Work For”! Join us at our ACM Info Session, 2/16 to learn more about how we continue to lead our industry in Cloud Computing. Employees from our San Francisco office will review how our exciting roles that set us apart from the competition.
February 13, 2012
Facebook tech talk; Mon, February 6, 6:00pm – 7:30pm; EE125
Facebook is hosting a Tech Talk at UW on Monday, February 6th. The topic of this Tech Talk is “Transitioning from UW to Facebook.” UW alums (who are now Full-Time Software Engineers), will be speaking about their experiences at Facebook, providing tips and advice for future candidates, and answering questions directly from students in a Q&A. Stop by to learn more about life at Facebook!
Microsoft info session – big app on campus; Tue, February 7, 6pm – 8pm; EE125
We are kicking off a brand new national and local competition that is challenging you to be what’s next. You’ll not only get the opportunity to earn recognition for building the next big phone app, but you’ll also get the chance to win some amazing prizes. Join us at the Info Session for your chance to learn about the Big App on Campus contest details and rules.
Pariveda tech talk; Thu, February 9, 6:00pm – 7:30pm; EE125
Join Pariveda Solutions CTO, Brian Orrell for a conversation on mitigating the risks of Mobile Enterprise Application Platforms.
February 6, 2012
LinkedIn Tech Talk; Mon 1/30 6:00pm – 7:00pm; EEB125
LinkedIn connects the world’s professionals to make them more productive and successful. With over 135 million members worldwide, including executives from every Fortune 500 company, LinkedIn is the world’s largest professional network.
Palantir Tech Talk; Wed 2/1 6:00pm – 7:00pm; EEB125
January 30, 2012
———- Forwarded message ———-
From: Ed Lazowska <lazowska@cs.washington.edu>
Date: Mon, Jan 23, 2012 at 2:25 PM
Subject: [cs-ugrads] Four talks in the eScience Seminar Series (Winter 2012)
To: talks – Mailing List <talks@cs.washington.edu>
Hello All,
The eScience Institute would like to invite you to join us for our
2012 seminar series. We look forward to seeing you there!
eScience Institute Seminar Series, Winter 2012
* February 7, 4 PM (EE303)
Mike Kellen (Sage Bionetworks)
Synapse, the collaborative computational platform
currently under development for the Sage Bionetworks Commons
* March 6, 4 PM (EE303)
Andrew Ban (Arzeda)
Enzyme Design in the Cloud
* April 3, 4 PM (EE303)
YongChul Kwon (UW, Magdalena Balazinska lab)
Databases for scientific computing
* May 1, 4 PM (EE303)
Jacob VanderPlas (UW, Andrew Connolly lab)
Machine learning for cosmology
Refreshments (drinks and pizza) will be provided. More information is
available at the eScience Institute web
site:http://escience.washington.edu
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January 24, 2012
Mon Jan 23 6:30pm – 8:30pm; EEB403
Come meet Cisco professionals to gain meaningful insights into the company culture, job functions & opportunities available within IT Engineering and Engineering Co-op.
January 23, 2012
Nutanix info session/code jam; Mon 1/23 6pm-9pm; EEB 125
Instead of a tech talk, Nutanix is holding a hack! Students who have taken or are currently taking CSE 331, 332, 341, 344, 373, 374, 403, 417, 451 are encouraged to come. Top three coders win iPads. Please bring your laptop and probably your power supply.
Industrial Affiliates Winter Recruiting Fair; Tue 1/24 1:30pm-5pm; Atrium
All sorts of UW CSE affiliate companies will be out this Tuesday looking to hire for full time and intern positions. Bring resumes.
Intel tech talk – Intel Night for PhD/MS/BS Engineers; Wed 1/25 6pm-7pm; EEB125
You’ve probably heard of us before. But maybe you’re thinking “What can I do at Intel? Is the work challenging? Can I be a part of something cool and groundbreaking?” Well we have some answers, and we’ll have some fun sharing them with you. Join our engineering reps to hear all about these things and learn about the tons of exciting opportunities for you at Intel. Representatives will be on hand from our various business groups to talk about how you can be a fit, so bring your resume!
Google hangout hack 2012; Fri 1/27 5pm – Sat 1/28 4pm; CSE 691
UW Hangout Hangout Hack 2012 brings together the brainpower of UW students to build awesome new apps for Google+’s Hangouts. The Hack is 23 full hours (why? we like prime numbers!).
January 22, 2012
The Amazon tech talk originally scheduled for today is now shelved because of snow. Stay safe and warm out there!
January 19, 2012
